Found out I'm adopted...

[Wingnut]

I do agree that there's pretty much no point to this thread anymore.

[john doe]

So, did anyone see that sky yesturday? Talk about blue!

You need your eyes checked. It was gray.

[Lbybug]

i found out yesterday that my dog was adopted. i heard his real mother is lassie, but he's so small, it's hard to tell....i was told he was 100% miniature dachshund. do you think it could be true that lassie is his mum?

[Wingnut]

Bug, have you ever seen the old Disney flick The Ugly Dachshund?

[Just_A_Guy]

Then don't post something on a public board that is to remain a secret.

I'm not saying he's right. I'm just saying Chicago is chock-full of plaintiff's lawyers who don't care whether their client is right or wrong.

[Lbybug]

Bug, have you ever seen the old Disney flick The Ugly Dachshund?

hahahhaa no, but now i really want to

[MichaelCraig]

Hey WAIT!!! Don't close it yet Pam.. I've got a question and I'm sorry if it's already been asked, didn't have time to read every post because it sounded like it was about to be closed. My question is, and I promise I do not mean any disrespect it's just that I know very little about the subject and am curious. The question is:.....drum roll please???

Is it possible for an adopted son to be "sealed" with the ah.. for lack of the proper word, non-biological Mom and Dad-brothers-sisters?? If so, is the process the same as blood relatives? A temple visit required?

[john doe]

Yes, adopted children are routinely sealed in the temple to their adoptive family.

[pam]

Michael I finally took a closer look at your avatar. That is hilarious. But so true really.

[Just_A_Guy]

Yes, adopted children are routinely sealed in the temple to their adoptive family.

Though they're sealed only to the "parents", not to the other siblings, right?

[Jenamarie]

Though they're sealed only to the "parents", not to the other siblings, right?

Nope, to the siblings too. If a convert couple were going to the Temple, and some of their children were theirs by birth, and others by adoption, there would be no change to the wording or order of the Ceremony. (assuming the adoptions were legal and finalized)

[john doe]

Though they're sealed only to the "parents", not to the other siblings, right?

I'm not sure of the wording, but being sealed to the parents would make them, by extension, sealed to the siblings as well. I'm trying to remember, but it seems to me that when we do proxy sealings for the dead, the sealing is of the child to the parents, and does not include the siblings to each other. At least that is my recollection.

[WillowTheWhisp]

I have never done any proxy sealings of siblings to each other but I have done hundreds of sealings of wives to husbands and then each child individually to the parents.

[Wingnut]

Husbands and wives are sealed to each other, and children are sealed to parents. There are no sibling sealings. But as John Doe stated, you are by extension sealed to your siblings.

But again, as mentioned elsewhere, in the eternities, I am not convinced that we will live in nuclear family units. I think we'll all be sealed as "one big happy family" but we will live with our spouses.